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25 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 8, 2026.
Taylor Frazier McCollum's petition drew over 25,000 signatures and helped spur moratoriums in Prince George's County, as data center backlash spreads nationwide.
The chipmaker bets optical connectivity is the next bottleneck in AI data centers, even as markets wobble after a sharp pullback in AI stocks last week.
The company's first-ever Voluntary Exit Offer covers workers in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K. as data center costs push up chip, memory and power prices.
A group of Republicans, Democrats and independents known as Conserve Ohio wants local bans this fall and a statewide constitutional ban on large data centers in 2027.
A survey of more than 2,000 adults shows power bills outrunning incomes weeks before the midterms, with data centers and the Iran war's oil shock among the blamed causes.
Democrats voted down both Republican-led measures, calling one a 'permission slip for corruption' because it included voter ID rules, five weeks before the midterm elections.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says 31 projects in 26 states will use sensors and new hardware to push more power through existing lines, as AI data centers strain supply and drive up bills.
It is the first data center bill to pass the 119th Congress. The three no votes were progressives who wanted a moratorium. Nearly 70% of Americans don't want a data center near them, and the bill's Republican sponsor is in a toss-up race.
An NBC News Decision Desk poll taken from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1 found opposition to local AI data centers in every party. Forty-five percent said they strongly oppose one.
WatchRepublicans and Democrats are running nearly identical attacks on the warehouses powering the AI boom, and the spending is split almost evenly between the two parties.
Revenue more than doubled from a year ago and the data center business alone brought in $89 billion. The AI Compute Partnership, announced in July, was paused before it was two months old.
The proposed rule also lets some workers take 10 rem in a year instead of 5. The public comment period closes Aug. 31, and it could take effect early next year.
Washington University engineers cracked a trade-off that has blocked fuel-cell catalysts for years, and they are aiming it at the data centers now on track to eat 9% of U.S. electricity.
NV Energy, which powers 90% of Nevada, says developer Tract is trying to settle in private arbitration who pays for $1 billion in grid upgrades — a question that would land on every ratepayer in the state.
Four people familiar with the effort told Reuters the administration wants to bar imports of new Chinese models of the devices that shuttle data over fiber inside data centers. China's Zhongji Innolight holds a 27% global share.
The silicon nitride circuit uses two tunable loop couplers to reprogram how fast a light pulse travels — something previous optical chips locked in at the factory.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a first-in-the-nation executive order pausing permits for hyperscale data centers for up to a year, citing threats to the power grid, water supplies and ratepayers' utility bills.
The multiyear agreement will expand optical-fiber manufacturing in North Carolina and add 1,000 jobs, sending Corning's shares up about 7%.
Industry leaders gather for high-profile events while growing criticism emerges over data centers and chatbot limitations.
Technology leaders gather for exclusive events in the nation's capital while mounting public opposition to energy-intensive data centers and concerns about chatbot effectiveness grow nationwide.
WatchCEO John Ketchum says surging AI data-center power demand drove the largest acquisition in U.S. power-sector history, with closing targeted for mid-to-late 2027.
Power company shifts resources away from residential customers as AI boom drives unprecedented electricity demand.
Major technology companies pause regional expansion plans after infrastructure attacks during ongoing Iran conflict.
Drone and satellite imagery analysis shows significant construction setbacks affecting 40% of data centers planned for completion in 2026.
Facebook's parent company added $21 billion to an existing $14.2 billion CoreWeave contract on the day of the US-Iran ceasefire, sending Nvidia shares up 4% and signaling the AI spending cycle is intact despite geopolitical turbulence.